TUN OF LOVE
Who is Ons Jabeur’s husband and trainer Karim Kamoun and does the French Open star have children?
Find out how Jabeur's loss in the 2023 Wimbledon final affected her family planning goals
THREE-TIME grand slam finalist Ons Jabeur is setting her sights on grabbing the 2024 French Open title.
The Tunisian No9 seed will have the full support of her husband and trainer Karim Kamoun — here's everything you need to know about him.
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Who is Ons Jabeur's husband Karim Kamoun?
Karim Kamoun is a Russian-Tunisian with impressive sporting pedigree of his own.
He is a former professional fencer who has represented Tunisia in numerous international tournaments.
Kamoun also has a master's degree in sports science and in 2017 transitioned from his own sporting career to become his wife Ons Jabeur's physical trainer.
He is responsible for building her cardio fitness, strength and flexibility, with the aim of improving her speed, mobility and endurance.
Since then she has made history — at the 2020 Australian Open she became the first Arab woman to ever reach a grand slam quarter-final.
She has since improved on that amazing achievement, reaching two Wimbledon finals and repeating the feat at the US Open.
Kamoun and Jabeur live in Tunisia in the beachside city of Sousse.
My husband, Karim, jokes he doesn't want to go to the shopping mall with me anymore because it gets too busy with people coming up to me. But I love it
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The couple tied the knot in 2015 after two years of dating.
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Explaining their dynamic, Jabeur told GQ: "At the beginning it was tough, and he knows that.
"Because we’re not used to working with each other, and for him to ask me to go to run, it was kind of like an order and I didn’t like it at the beginning.
"And if he was throwing the medicine ball wrong or something, I would make a scandal for something very small.
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"Then after that we got used to it. I think we’re doing a great job.
"We talked a lot for sure, we fought a lot but after that, I think we got good results."
Jabeur said of the public reaction to them: "When I go back to Tunisia, people are very happy to see me.
"Even when they're driving, people sometimes clap and cheer for me.
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"My husband, Karim, jokes he doesn't want to go to the shopping mall with me anymore because it gets too busy with people coming up to me. But I love it.
"It is great connecting with people, it is part of my journey. I love seeing them and seeing their support.
"That's one of the reasons why I started playing tennis."
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Does Ons Jabeur have any children?
Jabeur does not currently have any children.
However, she did praise her close friend Tatjana Maria, who she beat in the 2022 Wimbledon semi-final, for continuing to play tennis at the highest level at the age of 34 after having two children.
Jabeur said: “She’s one of those examples where I wish players would look up to her because she really suffered to play and win rounds at grand slams and look at her now.
“She's really nice. She's playing tennis, so it's really amazing to see her.
"The little one is always smiling, great energy. I just love the family in general.
The idea of having a baby just vanished with the trophy of Wimbledon
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“They invited me once to their home. It was really amazing to be with them.”
Following her defeat to Marketa Vondrousova in the 2023 Wimbledon final, Jabeur admitted she had been planning on having a baby with her husband after the tournament if she had won.
In the documentary This Is Me, she explained: "People think I have this pressure because I want to do it for other people, which is not true. There was a personal thing going on there.
"I win that Wimbledon final, I could have a baby right away. And that dream faded.
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"I was haunted by fear. After all I'm just a human being, what can I do more?
"It was the toughest loss of my career because emotionally it destroyed me, not only winning Wimbledon, but the idea of having a baby just vanished with the trophy of Wimbledon."